UFO's in Geelong - Maybe

[ubeaut]

Don't remember listening to Smokey Dawson on the radio but do remember him fondly as I went to see him at a hall in Burwood Vic I was probably 6 or 7 at the time. He sang, told stories, cracked whips, did lassoo tricks and involved many of the kids. I had a piece of rolled up newspaper ripped out of my hand with his whip. Didn't wet my pants but came close.

Yeah. Roy Rogers The girl next door to ma called him Royal Rogers.

I loved al most all western.
Hopalong Cassidy - Had a Hopalong Cassidy gunn set with 2 guns holsters wrist bands and spurs plus a HC silver Sheriffs badge

Cisco Kid O'Henrys Robinhood of the Old West ("Ooooh Panchoooo - Ooooh Ceescoooo.")

Lone Ranger (Hi ho Silver)

Have gun Will travel - Paladin, Paladin where do you roam?

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Wagon Train, Sugarfoot, Maverik, Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, The Rifle Man, Wells Fargo, Wyart Earp, Bat Masterson, etc, etc, etc.

Still love a good western but they're pretty few and far between these days.

Did really enjoy watching Dead Wood which I only came across a few years ago thanks one of my sons. Pity it ended but apparently it was hellishly expensive and there was virtually nothing still around from that era that could be used for subliminal advertising or sponsorship like Coke or Pepsi or breakfast cereal or branded beer, etc.

Just finished watching Wynona Earp, Wyatt Earps' great-granddaughter madly dispatching demons and the like back to from whence they came. Not really your typical western but does have Doc Holiday in it.

Shutup Neil and get back to quietly isolating.

[Chesand]

No need to shut up, Neil.

You and the others have jogged my memory as well. "Yes What" was our tea-time listening along with "Biggles". The Amateur Hour on 3AW with Jack Davey was on one night, I think Thursday, and there was Pick-A-Box on 3DB with Bob and Dolly Dyer which did make it to TV.

With the advent of TV, we had to open the back of the set regularly to get rid of all the dead Indians and a few cowboys.

[rwbuild]

Jason and the Argonauts was another one.
Listening to the cricket on the ABC with the (now admitted to) fake sounds of contact between bat and ball and crowd response (canned sound effects)
2GB ran a Friday night radio dramatisation of Operation Jaywick (WW2) and the boat Krait they used to raid Japanese boats in Singapore harbour. It was brilliant and helped explain 1 of the aspects of the war

[ubeaut]

With the advent of TV, we had to open the back of the set regularly to get rid of all the dead Indians and a few cowboys.

Yes thank goodness for the advent of new fangled LED TVs. You can now set the vacuum to high suck and clean out all the bodies, detached limbs and heads. That really sux.

Some of the things we've seen lately whilst being in isolation would have required a shovel, a large wheelbarrow, a lot of bleach and a heap of disinfectant to clean out the old valve telly.

John Wick alone would have filled one wheelbarrow and that's only from one movie watch the 3 movies and you't need a frontend loader and a 12 yard Kenworth tipper. His kill rate was greater than a virus in Italy.

[China]

John Wick is my new hero!!

[Lyle]

Not TV, but what about "Blue Hills". Was it ABC radio.
I remember coming home from school and not being allowed to make any noise or Mum would go orf at us...

[rwbuild]

Blue Hills on ABC at start of Country Hour

[China]

My Mum was Blue Hills devotee right up until the last episode in September 1976

[woodPixel]

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We also had the space station zoom directly overhead at 6pm in Canberra. Right on dusk, perfect time for the sun to hit it sideways. Shone very brightly.

Yeah science! Woo!